Captain
John
Meriwether
Born in Spotsylvania, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Meriwether
and Mary Waller (Lewis) Meriwether
Brother of
Nicholas Meriwether, Mary (Meriwether) Connor, Zachary Lewis Meriwether and Ann (Meriwether) McGehee
Husband of
Esther Martha (McGehee) Meriwether
— married
15 Apr 1771 (to 3 Mar 1807) in Louisa, Virginia
Husband of
Ann (Tinsley) Meriwether
— married
18 Sep 1809 in Louisa, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
John Herndon Meriwether, Zachary Meriwether, Joseph Meriwether, Francis Meriwether, Robert Meriwether, Doritha Ann (Meriwether) Connor, Esther (Meriwether) McGehee, Elizabeth (Meriwether) Lipscomb and William Thomas Meriwether
Died
at age 68
in Ninety Six, South Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 May 2016
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Biography
John was born in 1751 and died in 1820. He married Esther McGehee, daughter of William McGehee and Elizabeth McCullough, on 15 Apr 1771 in Louisa County, Virginia. He died in Abbeville, South Carolina.
They had 8 known children.
Will
Abbeville, South Carolina, Written 11 Oct 1819, proved in court 7 Feb 1820. [1]
- Wife, Ann
- Granddaughter, Caroline Meriwether, daughter of deceased son Robert
- Son, Zachary Meriwether
- EXS: Sons, John H. Meriwether and Joseph Meriwether and friend, William Tinsley
Sources
- ↑ Wills, 1787-1868; Author: Abbeville County (South Carolina). Judge of Probate; Probate Place: Abbeville, South Carolina
- Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQK-9MY : 29 January 2020), William McGehee in entry for John Meriwether, 1771.
- Will of Francis Meriwether of Ninety six District, Abbeville County [SC]. Abbeville Co., SC, WB 1, pp. 99-100, written 7 Jun 1793, proved 12 Sep 1793. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/rgdgssu
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Scott (Shomber) Meriwether
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-U152, FTDNA kit #234158
- Jane Timberlake :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1b1-T16362C, FTDNA kit #292042
-
~1.56%
Walter Haden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WF3766620 [compare], Ancestry member WRHadenJr
-
~0.78%
Teddi Schrakamp :
23andMe, GEDmatch HH2598254 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A508181 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Cindy Schrakamp :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Beth (Haden) Gonzalez :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A511356 [compare], Ancestry member BethGonzalez
-
~0.39%
Pamela Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch PU7368438 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Coby Treadway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A719081 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A719081 [compare], FTDNA kit #B118817
-
~0.39%
Russ Bartee :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Harold Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch EM3656041 [compare], FTDNA kit #74043
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